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Not happening today. In addition to the red flag warning, a heat advisory, we will start with the red flag warning that goes until 6 00. 6 00 to see me. You can see where it includes. It is for the northbay hills, east bay hills. Down to the diablo range and towards the Santa Cruz Mountains for very dry, dusty conditions. It has been breezy and windy out there. That is expected to die down into the afternoon. Here is a look at with the heat adviser is. You can see widespread from the coast around the bay and inlet and it goes until 9 00 with widespread midto upper 80s along the coastline and we are looking at midto upper 90s for inland communities. Here is a look at what were seeing. Even Half Moon Bay checking in at 90 degrees right now. Over areas of San Francisco and the downtown area. We have the east bay with upper 80s from oakland to livermore and to the northbay we have 91 degrees at this hour in areas over napa. How much warmer armor weight than yesterday . For most, a few degrees. Half moon bay 13 degrees warmer than yesterday. You are definitely noticing the difference. San jose coming in a few degrees cooler. We will continue to heat up as we get into the afternoon. Or the second part of the afternoon. A look at the afternoon highs for today and we will check in on the winds and take a look at the cooldown coming our wait for the weekend in just a bit. Pg e is working to restore power to some 31,000 customers who are so impacted the Public Safety power shut off. The utility says he hopes to have all the electricity back on by late tonight. Alyssa harrington picks it up from there. Apartment thousands of bay area residents woke up with no power friday morning. The result of pg e safety power shut off. Pg e deenergized lines in areas with high fire danger as gusty winds blew overnight. The National Weather Service Extended a red flag warning. Pg e said they are keeping an eye on the weather and will be alerting the community if any other shutoffs might occur. It is not something that we take lightly. We do feel it was the right step because it was a severe wind event. We were seeing gusts up to 65 Miles Per Hour. And we feel that it worked the way it was supposed to. Reporter the utility got a head start restoring power to 10,000 customers with weather conditions improving in the bay area. 41,000 total loss powered during the ps ps. We were ready to get the weather all clear. At that point, we started going out and for telling the lions. Started checking to make sure there was no debris or damage on our clients. Way crews inspect lines on the ground and by helicopter. If they look okay, power is restored. Pg e and set up Community Resource centers where people can charge funds, use wifi and get coldwater. They are located in each county impacted by the shut off. The endangered lemur that was missing from the San Francisco zoo this week was found in daly city. We were able to catch up with some of the first people to spot him. A parent at first Hope Lutheran physical assault maki the lemur around 5 00 p. M. Yesterday. He made his way to the playground and settled into the playhouse until crews arrived was staff, parents and students kept an eye on him. He is a lemur. Heat was so excited. We had to remind him to look and not shake the gate. Not to scare him away. They did awesome. There is a little playhouse. He was hiding in there. I think because of all the commotion. They really, they safely pulled him out. The caregiver came in with snacks and fruits and pick them up like a little kitty cat. Police say they think someone broke into the San Francisco zoo late tuesday night and stole maki the lemur. Officials say he is doing well. So far, no arrests have been made. The race for the white house, President Donald Trump, joe biden of the campaign trail again today. Their visits come the day after they held dueling townhouse answering questions from voters about the economy, the pandemic and that the supreme court. Lauren pritchard reports. Reporter what wouldve been the night of the second debate, rather than sharing a sage, the president ial candidates file over airtime on separate dampers. President donald trump tweeting friday morning his review of the dueling townhouse. Quote, Sleepy Joe Biden had a very bad showing last night. Despite the fact that George Stephanopoulos did not ask them any questions on his being a corrupt politician. While giving himself quote, very good reviews. In a townhome moderated by abc news George Stephanopoulos, joe biden sized up questions on expanding the supreme court, saying he will announce his stance after confirmation votes on capitol hill. Overall, the former Vice President remaining cone. We are optimistic. Reporter will be busy, President Donald Trump was much more combative. He did say he would honor the results of the election. Do you accept a peaceful transfer and the answer is, yes i will. I want it to be an honest election. And so does everybody else. Permit while the men were able to answer clearly their policies than in the first of may, ebc faced criticism for scheduling a townhall the exact same time as abcs. The undecided voter will play a very significant role in the election. They are not given the opportunity to hear from both candidates at the same time. I think that is unfortunate. Reporter both candidates will be in battleground states. On friday, the final president ial debate is scheduled for next week. Boaters across the country and in the bay area are expected to shatter previous records on early voting. Lets bring in allie rasmus reporting live. Can you explain to counties in the bay area that say they are seeing a big increase in mail in ballots . Thats right. In some bay area counties we check with, they have seen triple the number of mailin ballots. At this point than they did four years ago during the same time period. Santa clara county Election Officials say 136,000 voters have turned in their mailin ballots. Three times the number of mail in ballots received at this point in 2016. I want to make sure it gets counted and not get caught up somewhere. I think people are just playing dirty. I just want to be safe. I will be out of town on the 3rd. So, i have to make sure that i get to voice my opinion. I cant complain if i dont come out and vote. Reporter other bay area counties report a similar turnout. The Registrars Office received 37,000 mailin ballots and at the same. 4 years ago, it was just 13,000. Some Election Officials say they have process more than 40,000 mailin ballots. More than doubled they had at this point during the last president ial election. The california executives dates office is 1 1 2 million voters have turned in their mailin ballots. Nearly 10 times more than the number returned four years ago. Part of the reason is because this year, for the first, all of californias registered voters received a mailin ballots automatically. A Data Analytics company took a look at the trend statewide so far. The people who returned their ballots most rapidly are older, whiter, higher income, more likely voters. Democrats are over representative in the early day. That is interesting because generally, it is republicans that are overly represented. Reporter that doesnt mean turnout is highest among democrats. It means voter turnout will be even more important than ever before. Is seems as though a lot of Republican Voters are listening to president trumps complaints, criticisms about reliability of mailin balloting and they may be more interested in waiting to vote until election day. Election officials that more than 125,000 people have returned the ballots. Roughly one out of every 5 of voters in the county. In San Francisco, more than 80,000 have sent back mailin ballots. We have new information from marin county that just got back to us. Election officials have already received 34,000 mailin ballots. That is more than double what they received at this same point during the last residential election cycle. We are waiting for information from Alameda County voter Registrars Office and we will update this on and in the later newscast. Still to come at noon, it has been a devastating fire season in california. We have learned the Trump Administration rejected californias request for a disaster declaration for six recent wildfires. How the state plans to fight back. A big surge in coronavirus cases is prompting lockdowns from london to moscow. That is my story, coming up. You have the power to know before you go when you wake up with mornings on 2. You have the power to know everywhere you go when you download the ktvu fox 2 news app. At oroweat organic. We know that when we take care of the earth, the earth also takes care of us. Youd be surprised by our environmentallyfriendly way of baking breads. Our ingredients are farmed per strict usda organic standards. Our bakeries are powered by renewable wind energy. And we support environmental causes through 1 for the planet. Oroweat organic bread. Great taste thats sustainably baked. And now, introducing our super delicious and nutritious organic kids bread featuring disneys mickey mouse and minnie mouse putt putt window washers had to be rescued from a building in walnut creek we had this is breaking news on mornings on 2. Both men were taken away enables us. The call came in around 6 5 for a rope rescue at the building in walnut creek. Firefighters told us that were stuck about 50 feet in the air. They were pretty calm hanging there in their safety harnesses. There back up on assist that did what they were supposed to do. We came in and set up our own system and lower them down to the ground floor. About two dozen firefighting personnel responded to the scene. Demands injuries are not believed to be serious. The Trump Administration has rejected californias request for a disaster declaration. 46 recent wildfires in california. That includes the creek fire in Fresno County that has burned more than 534 square miles and is still not fully contained. It is not clear whether the request was denied but a spokesman for the Governors Office telling the sacramento bait the state does not plan to appeal. It is not noon time. We are creeping into the hottest part of the date and many people remarking how hot it was so early today. I cant imagine what four p. M. Will look and feel like. You are right. Many of us. Most of us, did not cool off in the overnight hours. Waking up in the 70s and 80s and at this hour, temperatures are very similar. Even warmer in some areas than where we were yesterday. Here is a look at what is going on around the bay area and into the satellite view. You can see the highpressure pushing the stormtrack 12 to the north. We dont see any right insight for the california or bay area. You can see a little activity over areas of washington and farther north into canada. For us, it has been the dry northeast flow that weve been dealing with over the last couple of days and with that, we have seen things heat up and dry out as well. As we talked about, the red flag warning continues for our heels in the heat advisory for the rest of us. Here is a look at the winds. Fairfield reporting and northeast priest at about 22 Miles Per Hour. Concord with easterly winds at about 20 Miles Per Hour. Generally light in oakland at six until you get in the hills. The hills are reporting anywhere from 30 to 35 Miles Per Hour. Here is a look at the north bay area where you can see very hot and very dry. Relative humidity at los alamos and this is Higher Elevations above 1000 feet or so. 87 and relative humidity is 11 . Critically dry out the. Very hot and with that, the red flag warning will continue through today. It doesnt expire until this evening at 6 00. Sunset is right about 6 30. A heat advisory for the bay area will last until 9 00. Look at numbers i showed you at the top of the hour. You cannot escape the heat. 90 degrees in Half Moon Bay. Mid80s to mid 90s around the bay. 85 San Francisco and for the interview spate upper 80s. In livermore 91. For many spots we have broken the record high. We are likely to see quite a few records broken and by the second part of the afternoon into San Francisco, it is a warm one and as we note San Francisco is a heat island. 85 for the downtown area. 85 by embarcadero. 85 by blakemore set towards sf state. Here is a look at the afternoon highs. Upper 80s over santa rosa. Low 90s in San Francisco. Mid 90s livermore and 94 over san jose. Well above average. Im sure i dont need to tell you that. We will begin to cool down. I will have a look at what you can expect for the weekend and beyond, coming up. Still to come, are you afraid to fight because of covid19 . The results of a new study and white experts say the risk of contracting covid19 on an airplane is actually quite low. I didnt choose this job because it was easy. But i cant say i expected this. To fight these fires, we need funding plain and simple. For this crisis, and for the next one. Prop 15 closes tax loopholes so rich corporations pay their fair share of taxes. So firefighters like me, have what we need to do the job, and to do it right. The big corporations want to keep their tax loopholes. Its what they do. Well, i do what i do. If yould like to help, join me and vote yes on prop 15. Proposition 16 takes some women make as little as 42 of what a man makes. Voting yes on prop 16 helps us fix that. Its supported by leaders like Kamala Harris and opposed by those who have always opposed equality. We either fall from grace or we rise. Together. Proposition 16 provides equal opportunities, levelling the Playing Field for all of us. Vote yes on prop 16. After three Straight Days of losses, the stocks are rising broadly on wall street, putting the mark on track to end the choppy week of trading slightly higher. You can see the dow jones is up good 200 points, rising almost 3 4 of 1 . The s p is up but not quite buy one half of a percent and nasdaq showing on a small bump of less than a quarter of a percent. A new Defense Department Study Suggests the risk of getting coronavirus on an airplane is quote, reload. Researchers say if you keep your mask on you would have to be sitting next to a passenger with covid19 for at least 54 hours in order to get the virus. We talked to a doctor of use the sf about this and he says Filtration Systems on most planes work very well but, there are other things to consider. I think it all boils down to human behavior. No matter how controlled the setting is and you can be in the best ventilation system and have somebody drinking one of these little miniature items of alcohol and all bets are off. The study involved passengers on boeing 767s and triple sevens. Planes most used for longer flights. A dramatic rise in covid19 infections in europe is continuing to set off alarms and new restrictions are now being put into place throughout the continent. All in an effort to stop the spread. The second surge in coronavirus is causing a dramatic rise in infections overseas with europe particularly hardhit. In the uk, most of the country remains in tier 2 or medium level covid restrictions. Officials say they will decide whether stricter measures are needed. We take targeted measures and followed the numerals. We do that and we avoid the national lockdown. Reporter a number of European Countries setting daily records on thursday including italy, belgium, the netherlands. Nighttime curfews are in effect in most of europes major cities and Health Officials are saying if the public cannot get back to social distancing, hospitals and medical providers will become overwhelmed. We are worried because it is a challenge. And it is a challenge with teams that have been quite exhaustive. Meanwhile as researchers race to develop a vaccine, the International Community is gearing up for a big distribution effort warning that unless the vaccine is widely available, the virus will eventually return. We need Strong International cooperation. If we make fast progress, everywhere, we could speed up the recovery. Reporter scientists at Oxford University said they have developed a new coronavirus test which they say can deliver accurate results in just five minutes. The San Jose Police department is launching a program it to help officers respond to calls for someone is experiencing a Mental Health crisis. The Mental Health Crisis Response unit pares clinicians with officers. Is to prevent a Mental Health crisis from escalating into the use of deadly force. We are getting into serious incidents with individuals that were in a mental crisis and officers needed help dealing with the situations. In addition to responding to emergency calls, team members have conducted outreach to people who have a history of needing Santa Cruz Mountains<\/a> for very dry, dusty conditions. It has been breezy and windy out there. That is expected to die down into the afternoon. Here is a look at with the heat adviser is. You can see widespread from the coast around the bay and inlet and it goes until 9 00 with widespread midto upper 80s along the coastline and we are looking at midto upper 90s for inland communities. Here is a look at what were seeing. Even Half Moon Bay<\/a> checking in at 90 degrees right now. Over areas of San Francisco<\/a> and the downtown area. We have the east bay with upper 80s from oakland to livermore and to the northbay we have 91 degrees at this hour in areas over napa. How much warmer armor weight than yesterday . For most, a few degrees. Half moon bay 13 degrees warmer than yesterday. You are definitely noticing the difference. San jose coming in a few degrees cooler. We will continue to heat up as we get into the afternoon. Or the second part of the afternoon. A look at the afternoon highs for today and we will check in on the winds and take a look at the cooldown coming our wait for the weekend in just a bit. Pg e is working to restore power to some 31,000 customers who are so impacted the Public Safety<\/a> power shut off. The utility says he hopes to have all the electricity back on by late tonight. Alyssa harrington picks it up from there. Apartment thousands of bay area residents woke up with no power friday morning. The result of pg e safety power shut off. Pg e deenergized lines in areas with high fire danger as gusty winds blew overnight. The National Weather<\/a> Service Extended<\/a> a red flag warning. Pg e said they are keeping an eye on the weather and will be alerting the community if any other shutoffs might occur. It is not something that we take lightly. We do feel it was the right step because it was a severe wind event. We were seeing gusts up to 65 Miles Per Hour<\/a>. And we feel that it worked the way it was supposed to. Reporter the utility got a head start restoring power to 10,000 customers with weather conditions improving in the bay area. 41,000 total loss powered during the ps ps. We were ready to get the weather all clear. At that point, we started going out and for telling the lions. Started checking to make sure there was no debris or damage on our clients. Way crews inspect lines on the ground and by helicopter. If they look okay, power is restored. Pg e and set up Community Resource<\/a> centers where people can charge funds, use wifi and get coldwater. They are located in each county impacted by the shut off. The endangered lemur that was missing from the San Francisco<\/a> zoo this week was found in daly city. We were able to catch up with some of the first people to spot him. A parent at first Hope Lutheran<\/a> physical assault maki the lemur around 5 00 p. M. Yesterday. He made his way to the playground and settled into the playhouse until crews arrived was staff, parents and students kept an eye on him. He is a lemur. Heat was so excited. We had to remind him to look and not shake the gate. Not to scare him away. They did awesome. There is a little playhouse. He was hiding in there. I think because of all the commotion. They really, they safely pulled him out. The caregiver came in with snacks and fruits and pick them up like a little kitty cat. Police say they think someone broke into the San Francisco<\/a> zoo late tuesday night and stole maki the lemur. Officials say he is doing well. So far, no arrests have been made. The race for the white house, President Donald Trump<\/a>, joe biden of the campaign trail again today. Their visits come the day after they held dueling townhouse answering questions from voters about the economy, the pandemic and that the supreme court. Lauren pritchard reports. Reporter what wouldve been the night of the second debate, rather than sharing a sage, the president ial candidates file over airtime on separate dampers. President donald trump tweeting friday morning his review of the dueling townhouse. Quote, Sleepy Joe Biden<\/a> had a very bad showing last night. Despite the fact that George Stephanopoulos<\/a> did not ask them any questions on his being a corrupt politician. While giving himself quote, very good reviews. In a townhome moderated by abc news George Stephanopoulos<\/a>, joe biden sized up questions on expanding the supreme court, saying he will announce his stance after confirmation votes on capitol hill. Overall, the former Vice President<\/a> remaining cone. We are optimistic. Reporter will be busy, President Donald Trump<\/a> was much more combative. He did say he would honor the results of the election. Do you accept a peaceful transfer and the answer is, yes i will. I want it to be an honest election. And so does everybody else. Permit while the men were able to answer clearly their policies than in the first of may, ebc faced criticism for scheduling a townhall the exact same time as abcs. The undecided voter will play a very significant role in the election. They are not given the opportunity to hear from both candidates at the same time. I think that is unfortunate. Reporter both candidates will be in battleground states. On friday, the final president ial debate is scheduled for next week. Boaters across the country and in the bay area are expected to shatter previous records on early voting. Lets bring in allie rasmus reporting live. Can you explain to counties in the bay area that say they are seeing a big increase in mail in ballots . Thats right. In some bay area counties we check with, they have seen triple the number of mailin ballots. At this point than they did four years ago during the same time period. Santa clara county Election Officials<\/a> say 136,000 voters have turned in their mailin ballots. Three times the number of mail in ballots received at this point in 2016. I want to make sure it gets counted and not get caught up somewhere. I think people are just playing dirty. I just want to be safe. I will be out of town on the 3rd. So, i have to make sure that i get to voice my opinion. I cant complain if i dont come out and vote. Reporter other bay area counties report a similar turnout. The Registrars Office<\/a> received 37,000 mailin ballots and at the same. 4 years ago, it was just 13,000. Some Election Officials<\/a> say they have process more than 40,000 mailin ballots. More than doubled they had at this point during the last president ial election. The california executives dates office is 1 1 2 million voters have turned in their mailin ballots. Nearly 10 times more than the number returned four years ago. Part of the reason is because this year, for the first, all of californias registered voters received a mailin ballots automatically. A Data Analytics<\/a> company took a look at the trend statewide so far. The people who returned their ballots most rapidly are older, whiter, higher income, more likely voters. Democrats are over representative in the early day. That is interesting because generally, it is republicans that are overly represented. Reporter that doesnt mean turnout is highest among democrats. It means voter turnout will be even more important than ever before. Is seems as though a lot of Republican Voters<\/a> are listening to president trumps complaints, criticisms about reliability of mailin balloting and they may be more interested in waiting to vote until election day. Election officials that more than 125,000 people have returned the ballots. Roughly one out of every 5 of voters in the county. In San Francisco<\/a>, more than 80,000 have sent back mailin ballots. We have new information from marin county that just got back to us. Election officials have already received 34,000 mailin ballots. That is more than double what they received at this same point during the last residential election cycle. We are waiting for information from Alameda County<\/a> voter Registrars Office<\/a> and we will update this on and in the later newscast. Still to come at noon, it has been a devastating fire season in california. We have learned the Trump Administration<\/a> rejected californias request for a disaster declaration for six recent wildfires. How the state plans to fight back. A big surge in coronavirus cases is prompting lockdowns from london to moscow. That is my story, coming up. You have the power to know before you go when you wake up with mornings on 2. You have the power to know everywhere you go when you download the ktvu fox 2 news app. At oroweat organic. We know that when we take care of the earth, the earth also takes care of us. Youd be surprised by our environmentallyfriendly way of baking breads. Our ingredients are farmed per strict usda organic standards. Our bakeries are powered by renewable wind energy. And we support environmental causes through 1 for the planet. Oroweat organic bread. Great taste thats sustainably baked. And now, introducing our super delicious and nutritious organic kids bread featuring disneys mickey mouse and minnie mouse putt putt window washers had to be rescued from a building in walnut creek we had this is breaking news on mornings on 2. Both men were taken away enables us. The call came in around 6 5 for a rope rescue at the building in walnut creek. Firefighters told us that were stuck about 50 feet in the air. They were pretty calm hanging there in their safety harnesses. There back up on assist that did what they were supposed to do. We came in and set up our own system and lower them down to the ground floor. About two dozen firefighting personnel responded to the scene. Demands injuries are not believed to be serious. The Trump Administration<\/a> has rejected californias request for a disaster declaration. 46 recent wildfires in california. That includes the creek fire in Fresno County<\/a> that has burned more than 534 square miles and is still not fully contained. It is not clear whether the request was denied but a spokesman for the Governors Office<\/a> telling the sacramento bait the state does not plan to appeal. It is not noon time. We are creeping into the hottest part of the date and many people remarking how hot it was so early today. I cant imagine what four p. M. Will look and feel like. You are right. Many of us. Most of us, did not cool off in the overnight hours. Waking up in the 70s and 80s and at this hour, temperatures are very similar. Even warmer in some areas than where we were yesterday. Here is a look at what is going on around the bay area and into the satellite view. You can see the highpressure pushing the stormtrack 12 to the north. We dont see any right insight for the california or bay area. You can see a little activity over areas of washington and farther north into canada. For us, it has been the dry northeast flow that weve been dealing with over the last couple of days and with that, we have seen things heat up and dry out as well. As we talked about, the red flag warning continues for our heels in the heat advisory for the rest of us. Here is a look at the winds. Fairfield reporting and northeast priest at about 22 Miles Per Hour<\/a>. Concord with easterly winds at about 20 Miles Per Hour<\/a>. Generally light in oakland at six until you get in the hills. The hills are reporting anywhere from 30 to 35 Miles Per Hour<\/a>. Here is a look at the north bay area where you can see very hot and very dry. Relative humidity at los alamos and this is Higher Elevations<\/a> above 1000 feet or so. 87 and relative humidity is 11 . Critically dry out the. Very hot and with that, the red flag warning will continue through today. It doesnt expire until this evening at 6 00. Sunset is right about 6 30. A heat advisory for the bay area will last until 9 00. Look at numbers i showed you at the top of the hour. You cannot escape the heat. 90 degrees in Half Moon Bay<\/a>. Mid80s to mid 90s around the bay. 85 San Francisco<\/a> and for the interview spate upper 80s. In livermore 91. For many spots we have broken the record high. We are likely to see quite a few records broken and by the second part of the afternoon into San Francisco<\/a>, it is a warm one and as we note San Francisco<\/a> is a heat island. 85 for the downtown area. 85 by embarcadero. 85 by blakemore set towards sf state. Here is a look at the afternoon highs. Upper 80s over santa rosa. Low 90s in San Francisco<\/a>. Mid 90s livermore and 94 over san jose. Well above average. Im sure i dont need to tell you that. We will begin to cool down. I will have a look at what you can expect for the weekend and beyond, coming up. Still to come, are you afraid to fight because of covid19 . The results of a new study and white experts say the risk of contracting covid19 on an airplane is actually quite low. I didnt choose this job because it was easy. But i cant say i expected this. To fight these fires, we need funding plain and simple. For this crisis, and for the next one. Prop 15 closes tax loopholes so rich corporations pay their fair share of taxes. So firefighters like me, have what we need to do the job, and to do it right. The big corporations want to keep their tax loopholes. Its what they do. Well, i do what i do. If yould like to help, join me and vote yes on prop 15. Proposition 16 takes some women make as little as 42 of what a man makes. Voting yes on prop 16 helps us fix that. Its supported by leaders like Kamala Harris<\/a> and opposed by those who have always opposed equality. We either fall from grace or we rise. Together. Proposition 16 provides equal opportunities, levelling the Playing Field<\/a> for all of us. Vote yes on prop 16. After three Straight Days<\/a> of losses, the stocks are rising broadly on wall street, putting the mark on track to end the choppy week of trading slightly higher. You can see the dow jones is up good 200 points, rising almost 3 4 of 1 . The s p is up but not quite buy one half of a percent and nasdaq showing on a small bump of less than a quarter of a percent. A new Defense Department<\/a> Study Suggests<\/a> the risk of getting coronavirus on an airplane is quote, reload. Researchers say if you keep your mask on you would have to be sitting next to a passenger with covid19 for at least 54 hours in order to get the virus. We talked to a doctor of use the sf about this and he says Filtration Systems<\/a> on most planes work very well but, there are other things to consider. I think it all boils down to human behavior. No matter how controlled the setting is and you can be in the best ventilation system and have somebody drinking one of these little miniature items of alcohol and all bets are off. The study involved passengers on boeing 767s and triple sevens. Planes most used for longer flights. A dramatic rise in covid19 infections in europe is continuing to set off alarms and new restrictions are now being put into place throughout the continent. All in an effort to stop the spread. The second surge in coronavirus is causing a dramatic rise in infections overseas with europe particularly hardhit. In the uk, most of the country remains in tier 2 or medium level covid restrictions. Officials say they will decide whether stricter measures are needed. We take targeted measures and followed the numerals. We do that and we avoid the national lockdown. Reporter a number of European Countries<\/a> setting daily records on thursday including italy, belgium, the netherlands. Nighttime curfews are in effect in most of europes major cities and Health Officials<\/a> are saying if the public cannot get back to social distancing, hospitals and medical providers will become overwhelmed. We are worried because it is a challenge. And it is a challenge with teams that have been quite exhaustive. Meanwhile as researchers race to develop a vaccine, the International Community<\/a> is gearing up for a big distribution effort warning that unless the vaccine is widely available, the virus will eventually return. We need Strong International<\/a> cooperation. If we make fast progress, everywhere, we could speed up the recovery. Reporter scientists at Oxford University<\/a> said they have developed a new coronavirus test which they say can deliver accurate results in just five minutes. The San Jose Police<\/a> department is launching a program it to help officers respond to calls for someone is experiencing a Mental Health<\/a> crisis. The Mental Health<\/a> Crisis Response<\/a> unit pares clinicians with officers. Is to prevent a Mental Health<\/a> crisis from escalating into the use of deadly force. We are getting into serious incidents with individuals that were in a mental crisis and officers needed help dealing with the situations. In addition to responding to emergency calls, team members have conducted outreach to people who have a history of needing Mental Health<\/a> services to help make sure they are getting the care they need. Across the bay, or north of san jose, the high school has been deemed safe after a toxic chemical was found. The comments had to be shut down in february. When tce was found in the groundwater under the school. Students were moved to several different campuses. Experts from the state department of toxic substances control have been taken air, dirt and water samples and they say testing shows the campus is safe to reopen when everybody is able to go back to in Person Learning<\/a> for your. Still to come, it will be another hot day in many parts of the bay area. Where you can go if youre looking for relief. Plus, the cdc estimates that will be thousands of more covid19 related hospitalizations in the coming weeks. I will have the latest, coming up. The western center on law and poverty. The Dolores Huerta<\/a> foundation. Californians for safety and justice. And the California Democratic<\/a> party. Yes on 25. Accused of rape. Accused of stealing 5. The stanford rapist could afford bail. Got out the same day. The Senior Citizen<\/a> could not. Forced to wait in jail nearly a year. Vote yes on prop 25 to end money bail. We have a breaking news to share with you. Crews are on the scene of a grass fire. This is inside the San Francisco<\/a>. Probably looks familiar. It is right on the hillside. Is an area known as zion hill park and it is about 30 acres. As you can see, two separate fires it looks like a burning on the hill. He is a very popular place. For hikers and whatnot. We will certainly keep an eye on it and bring you more information as soon as it comes in. Pg e is working to restore power to some 31,000 homes and businesses impacted by the Public Safety<\/a> power shut off. The utility says it hopes to have all the electricity back on by late tonight. Some 41,000 homes and businesses lost power during the shuttle. The restored power to 10,000 customers. They deenergized lines with high fire danger. The National Weather<\/a> Service Extended<\/a> a red flag warning through this evening. Counties across the bay area of opened up cooling centers to help people be a heat. San francisco has four including the main library. Alameda county has four including the Douglas Senior Center<\/a> and Robert Livermore<\/a> community center. Santa clara county open five facilities including the cupertino Senior Center<\/a> and the Mountain View<\/a> community center. Lets see what you might get separately. We can cross the day off. Rosemary orozco is now looking ahead to saturday to begin with. We are constantly looking forward to the better weather. We are once again looking forward to better weather. Not happening today is gasia alluded to. Giving a live look at the east bay hills were it is really dry out the. We will continue to see the dry conditions as we get into the second part of the afternoon. Now, the red flag warning is not expiring until 6 00 this afternoon for the santa cruz area. And for the north and east bay hills, it extends until 9 00. When i come back, better details on the red flag warning and we are dealing with a heat advisory for the entire bay area as temperatures are expected to be going above and break records once again. Details on all this plus the cooldown coming this weekend, coming up. Hospitalizations are on the rise across the country as another surge of the Coronavirus Infections<\/a> take place. As jonathan see reports, cdc officials are warning facilities could see thousands of patients in the upcoming weeks. Two dozen states are seeing an increase in coronavirus cases with the u. S. Reporting over 2000 new infections on thursday. Is the countrys highest state elite total since the summer. Wisconsin and illinois, each set records with more than 4000 new cases. Public health Officials Say<\/a> much of the search is happening in rural areas. Hospitals have limited capacity. The longer it takes for everyone to take the virus seriously. The longer it will take to get our economy and communities back on track. Permit the centers for Disease Control<\/a> and prevention estimates hospitalizations could reach anywhere from 1900 to 6700 per day by early november. Cdc models are predicting 20,000 fatalities in the next three weeks. Is Colder Weather<\/a> drives people indoors. It is hitting those of us and those of us at higher risk. Reporter new york Officials Say<\/a> cases, some critics said the measures unfairly targeted neighborhoods that were largely jewish, multiple jewish congregations are now suing Governor Andrew Cuomo<\/a> for discrimination. I say to the rabbis and leaders of the community, you must do everything in the world, you ostracize people who dont wear the mask. You must wear a mask. Way public Health Officials<\/a> are urging people to reconsider holiday gatherings until the latest surge ins. A go fund me page is been set up to pay funeral expenses for the first bus driver who died from the coronavirus. 53 audrey lopez died last sunday after a two month battle with a disease. She had worked for the bta for more than 13 years and was very popular among her coworkers. She became sick in mid august and proboscis on august 23rd that she had tested positive for the virus. Bts is Energy Independent<\/a> investigation concluded there is no evidence she contracted the virus while on the job. Now to open with the mayor and doctors from ucsf revealed the results of recent covid19 testing in the largely Latino Community<\/a> of the fruitvale district. 1100 people received a nasal swab tests during a twoday event. The results found antibody positive prevalence was found to be 9. 8 among people who live and work in fruitvale. The number increased to 11. 9 among latinx adults and children. Among guatemalan immigrants, the rate was 26. 8 . Covid19 is teaching us hard lessons. We must learn. And i want to say how grateful i am to be part of a governmental ecosystem that cares about the disparities. That will fight against the disparities. That will continue to dig for the actual truth to understand the disparities. So that we can abolish them. According to the mayor and the researchers, the test findings revealed the need for more testing, Financial Relief<\/a> and housing resources, especially for those most at risk. San mateo countys vesting have 1 million and a task force me to help distances, in compliance with health orders. The unit plans to visit businesses on monday. Reporter pacifica beach yoga in San Mateo County<\/a> promotes hot yoga on is when the front and it has become a hotbed of controversy. Numerous complaints of indoor operations going on for months. Those in and out without masks. The owner declined to talk. s patrons dont see a problem. I feel safe going to class. There are socially distant spaces that are marked out and clearly delineated throughout the studio. Permit the yoga studio is one of the businesses on the countys radar for not complying with the help order. No action has been taken against the studio. San mateo county comprised of 20 cities with the no one system for enforcing covid19 rules and regulations until now. If there is a business that is noncompliant and doesnt heat our warnings, then we can find them up to 3000. Reporter a county workers, nonsworn personnel, formed the covid19 task force to crack down on violators. Pilot program for the next two months. It is a new division we put together in two weeks. We think is that important to keep business is open. The county manager says among the complaints, restaurants exceeding capacity limits and bars quickly. They are not Opening Doors<\/a> at the state yet. I think some have chosen to go ahead and open. We dont adhere to the rules we have. We cant move from different tiers. Reporter county officials eager to advance from the red deer into orange on the States Coronavirus<\/a> risk tiered system. More businesses can reopen. At least one county resident thinks is a good use of county funds. Until we are out of the woods, either for mitigation of the current covid19 situation or finding a cure. We need to work together. That means all of us work together. Not just a few of us. Reporter starting today, san jose restaurants can apply for 5000 grants to help them through the winter. Is part of a 2 million nationwide initiative by doordash called main street strong. The company teamed with san jose and a Silicon Valley<\/a> organization to deliver 150,000 in grants to handle seasonal expenses in addition to hardships from covid19. Went recipients will be notified by the end of december. A new poll indicates that more than six in 10 california parents are uncomfortable sending their children back inside the classroom. The survey released by the California Teachers Association<\/a> also found 65 are not competent in their childrens schools current safety guidelines. 80 of those questioned say the word California Public<\/a> schools do not have enough funding to adequately respond to the pandemic. And the president of the California Teachers Association<\/a> said he shares the concerns voiced by parents in the survey. He said he feels many california schools are ill equipped to safely reopen during the pandemic. That is even in counties listed as low risk when it comes to spreading the virus. Unemployment benefits in california are hitting another robot as the state ties tries to weed out fraudulent claims. The Unemployment Development Department<\/a> has been trying to tackle its backlog that is now down to about 1. 2 million workers waiting on the payments. The east bay time reports some a. D. D. Debt cards are now being frozen. The agency says it is putting a hold on some of the accounts as investigators try to identify claimants who have been impacted by scammers. Still to come, San Francisco<\/a> is taking a huge financial hit because of the pandemic. The new push by the city to bring in visitors once again with safety in mind and here we are 18 days away from the election. The update which is received from the secretary of state on what is being done to keep both are valid safe. Back to breaking news we are following outside of south San Francisco<\/a>. You can see there is an awful lot of smoke coming from sand hill. Fire is burning in the sauceda. We are working to get the latest on how big it is and what i imagine will be a very big firefighting response. More on the breaking news in a minute. I didnt choose this job because it was easy. But i cant say i expected this. To fight these fires, we need funding plain and simple. For this crisis, and for the next one. Prop 15 closes tax loopholes so rich corporations pay their fair share of taxes. So firefighters like me, have what we need to do the job, and to do it right. The big corporations want to keep their tax loopholes. Its what they do. Well, i do what i do. If yould like to help, join me and vote yes on prop 15. Im voting yes on prop 19. Nineteen limits taxes on seniors. It limits property tax on people like me. Nineteen limits taxes on wildfire victims. It says so right here. If 19 passes, seniors can move closer to family or medical care. I looked at moving but i cant afford the taxes. Will you help californias most vulnerable . Vote yes on prop 19. That could breaking news. A fire has broken out in south San Francisco<\/a> and from this view, you can clearly see a lot of smoke rising from the side of what many people call sign hell. Is a grass fire right now concerned , before acres right on the hillside. In south San Francisco<\/a> that is where the Industrial City<\/a> is written. The letters have been there since the 20s. We dont have too much information on the actual fire itself. We know the park is about 30 acres in size and very popular for hikers. I dont know if anyone is out hiking on a warm day like this but there are a number of homes at the base of the park and we will keep you updated. Crew state they will issue evacuation orders as needed and we dont have the information for you just yet. Again, keep in mind and this is a farther away look as sky foxes heading to the scene. You can see the smoke is barely rising and blowing off to what i believe is the south. We talked about the extremely high fire danger across the bay area. We are under a red flag warning. I mentioned the south city make it help from its neighboring Fire Departments<\/a> and we will have more on breaking news and how the weather is affecting the firefight in just a few minutes. Lets go back to oakland where police are investigating a deadly shooting. One person was killed last night at 89th avenue at international boulevard. Two other people may have been wounded. They were get on any arrests or who the attacker may be. The state of california and the Republican Party<\/a> have reached an agreement about the unauthorized ballot prop drop boxes. This after the state attorney general and secretary of state sent a cease and desist order to the California Republican<\/a> party. The drop boxes placed at locations in fresno, hello and orange counties. They have been in talks with the state Republican Party<\/a>s legal counsels. But he says the Republican Party<\/a> has agreed to make a number of changes to their ballot collection activities. I want to be clear. The California Republican<\/a> party cannot conduct valid collection activities. They have to play by the rules and follow state law. That is what the ongoing legal action seeks to ensure. He says the unofficial ballot drop boxes have been removed, but he is advising voters to report any suspicious valid collection activity. One of the biggest propositions facing california voters this Election Year<\/a> is prop 22. An issue whether Companies Like<\/a> uber and lyft to classify its workers as employees. Andre senior has the latest. Reporter huntridge rally in front of uber San Francisco<\/a> headquarters fighting against what has become the most expensive ballot measure in u. S. History. Proposition 22. We are yes 22 because uber and lyft keep taking more, more , more and of prop 22 passes, they can do whatever they want. Reporter voting no forces roger and Delivery Companies<\/a> to treat drivers as employees, not independent contractors and paid minimum wage and offer other benefits. One driver said she is now forced to 560 to 70 hours per week to make the same amount of money she did four years ago driving 40 hours per week. They have been consistently cutting my rates, which makes it harder and harder to earn a basic ferrite. Reporter is an uphill battle with uber, lyft and doordash and others raising 186 mello Million Dollars<\/a> in a push for a yes vote. Supporter state that offers flexibility for drivers. We can drive for lyft, for uber, for doordash. And we can pick and choose the time to do that. Reporter the assistant professor of Public Policy<\/a> at San Jose University<\/a> says proponents. They are working to get the economy. Not because of the flexibility, but because it was the only means of earning a living. Reporter the study estimates workers would make a minimum of 27 to 25 dollars per hour. The report overestimates report earnings is that drivers would make a minimum wage of 5. 64 per hour. The bottom line is this is a bitter highstakes dispute between businesses and those seeking labor protections. If the measure is passed, it will be tough to overturn in the future and that is because it would need a 78 super majority and that is considered a long shot in the state legislature. Lets go back to breaking news we are following. You can see there is a fire in south San Francisco<\/a> on the sign side of sign hell. It is a four alarm fire at this point and it comes, during a time where we know to be very much on the alert for fire. The conditions here are not good when it comes to fire. 80s ever south San Francisco<\/a> right now and the winds are coming from the north. Not part of the red flag warning, but in any case, very hot and dry and breezy over areas of south San Francisco<\/a>. Firefighters will have to try and get a handle on that very quickly because when it is this hot and distressing, we note the fire burns that much hotter and that much faster. Here is a look at where we have the red flag warning. Is for the hills. For the Santa Cruz Mountains<\/a> we are looking at 6 00 for the expiration of this. You get into the north bay and east bay hills and it doesnt expire until 6 00, or i should say 8 00 tomorrow morning. Checking on the winds out the, over the north bay in the hills, from what i can see generally light. 20 Miles Per Hour<\/a> are so and critically dry. 11 relative humidity and the los alamos road is very dry and hot. Getting into areas of the east bay over the hills. Oakland hills, Berkeley Hills<\/a> looking at 90 degrees with 10 humidity. And when i see some observations in the area, some of the winds are still testing to 30 and 35 Miles Per Hour<\/a>. Oakland north reporting that with wind at about 35 Miles Per Hour<\/a>. The dry hot dusty conditions lasting through tonight and tomorrow morning, or into tomorrow morning for the hills. Especially north and east bay and we have a heat advisory that goes until 9 00 this evening. That is for the entire bay area as the coastline is in the 80s and 90s this afternoon. Very hot, very dry. Recordbreaking heat expected across the region. Here is a look at the numbers outside. 91 degrees reported at Half Moon Bay<\/a>. Mid 80s in San Francisco<\/a>. Mid to upper 80s near sfo and where the fire is burning at this hour. The inner is bay 88 and northbay 91 getting into the second part of the day, the inland areas could see another 514 degrees of warming. Very very hot out there. Here is the closer look into San Francisco<\/a> where some areas of reporting near 90 degrees. As we shift on the peninsula, san mateo, upper 80s. Upper 80s in woodside and at the inner east weber we have 89 in danville. 80 not reported in pittsburgh. For the afternoon, midto upper 90s expected for the northbay. Midto upper 90s expected for the inner east bay and even areas near the coast. We will stick with 90 degrees for pacifica. 94 over san jose. 97 in la scala. There is no way to escape it. Make sure you stay hydrated and avoid the heat in the extended exposure if you can. Here is a look at the extended forecast. Temperatures follow. Still a warm day but not as hot as we are experiencing over the last couple of days and getting into sunday, even better with falling whether in the forecast when the inland cities are in the low to mid 80s. Back to you. Still to come, pharmacies running down on flu shots. We will take a look at the reason why and what experts want to stress it doesnt mean there is a shorter. We follow breaking news out of the south San Francisco<\/a> area. As you can see, there is a four alarm fire. Firemen are on the scene at this hour. A lot of smoke coming off of sign hell where is says the Industrial City<\/a>. We will have the very latest coming up on that fire report. Nd money bail. Governor gavin newsom. Congresswoman karen bass. The western center on law and poverty. The Dolores Huerta<\/a> foundation. Californians for safety and justice. And the California Democratic<\/a> party. Yes on 25. Accused of rape. Accused of stealing 5. The stanford rapist could afford bail. Got out the same day. The Senior Citizen<\/a> could not. Forced to wait in jail nearly a year. Vote yes on prop 25 to end money bail. Back to breaking news. A fire burning in south San Francisco<\/a>. This is a picture from the helicopter if we can get out of our own way, you can see there is an awful lot of smoke rising from sign hill. You can see the sign if he had driven by and we know there are some homes that may be in danger. Is a grass fire and we note it has gone to for alarms. Firefighters said they will issue evacuation orders as needed but fire officials said to people in the northbay who were dealing with wildfires and if you feel threatened, if you dont feel safe, even if you havent received a text on your phone or a knock at your door, pack up your things and leave him. Dont wait to the last minute. Dont wait to get that call to tell you to leave. Again, sky fox is now as close as it can be. We just saw for the first time at least since i have been monitoring the lab picture, a fire retardant drop as the bright red has dropped just before the flames. If there is any good news, although we can read from this lab picture, unit the fire burned up a hillside things to gravity. The hopes are at the very base of the mountain, it still the flames are far too close for comfort for people who live there. Again, the headline. There is a four alarm grass fire burning right now in south San Francisco<\/a>. And we will stay on top of it. We know firefighters will issue evacuation orders and again, if you dont feel safe, if the fire is to close for your comfort, get out of your house and get to safety now. Other breaking news. There is an awful lot of Police Activity<\/a> on westbound 80 in albany. You can see there is a lot of heavy traffic. That is all the red on 80 and also affecting 580. Keep this in mind. We are not at the heart of the friday afternoon commute which tends to start earlier than other days. Still as soon as we get more information on what is causing the Police Activity<\/a> on westbound 80 in albany, we will send it right along to you. Thank you for that. Meanwhile, Health Officials<\/a> have been hammering home the message that getting a flu vaccine this year is more important than ever. Because of covid19. Now demand is so high that some area pharmacy say they have been running out of flu shots temporarily. Health experts say not to worry. Reporter governor gavin newsom is one of numerous elected officials and Healthcare Professionals<\/a> who have been urging people to get their flu shots. The message appears to be working, perhaps even a little too well. Demand has been so high that the pharmacy inside this target in alameda said it ran out of the flu vaccine for people 64 years of age and younger for a few days last week. And this cvs pharmacy was out of the highdose vaccine for seniors recently. The two pharmacy say they are now fully replenished. It was not easy to find the apartment this professor said he could not get the type of highdose flu shot he wanted and settled from a different dose from his doctor in berkeley. My wife try to find it. She had to call several pharmacies until she finally found one, it had one that was optimal for her. Reporter while some places have run out of vaccines temporarily, health Officials Say<\/a> there is not a flu vaccine shortage. They say there may be hiccups in the distribution process, but places should not be out of stock for more than a day or two. Everybody is asking for the vaccines. And how they are being allocated is not a smoothly as it should be. We should not be concerned. Reporter dr. Jeffrey silvers is in and Infectious Disease<\/a> specialist. There were early delays in deliveries. And probably there is increased demand for the vaccine and with all the concern about covid. Reporter cvs, the largest pharmacy chain in the u. S. Order twice the amount of flu vaccine this year than it ordered in 2019. Cvs offices administer 9 million flu shots already equally the number it gave out all of last year. Sometimes they will run out at any given time. Definitely we have heard the patients, but we will get the vaccines in those locations as soon as possible. Temporary outages or not, the messages, get your flu shot. Spent the last thing we want people to do is get covid and the flu at the same time. If you get them both together, it could be a devastating result. One last look at breaking news we are staying on top of. Good to know. Straight back to breaking news. The fire on sign hill in south San Francisco<\/a>. Is going to for alarms. Firefighters will issue evacuation orders as needed, but i will repeat the advice we heard from firefighters. For those in the northbay, if you dont feel safe, leave now. Our covered shifts to ktvu. Com and the ktvu news at we will keep you posted on what is happening with the four alarm fire in south city. Out life during the pandemic and why it might be the right time to start your second act. Then, inside the terrifying disease causing almost instant paralysis in children. Why experts are worried this medical mystery could have a resurgence this fall. Coming up next. 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